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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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Affirm Expands Installment Payment Options To Any On, Offline Store

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With the app, Affirm users can shop at almost any retailer by creating a onetime-use virtual card instead of being limited to shops that have Affirm integrated at checkout. . Half of Affirm’s users are millennials or Gen Z, the company says. It also has raised $1.03 In September, the company said it was looking to raise around $1.5

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ViSenze Sees Visual Search Growth In eCommerce

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Founded in Singapore in 2012, the company’s solutions are used today by major digital retailers such as Rakuten and ASOS to simplify product searching for some 250 million daily active users. million Series B venture funding round led by Rakuten Ventures with participation from SPH Media Fund, Enspire Capital and WI Harper Group.

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American Eagle Leads $3.45M Investment In Dormify

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Founded by Amanda Zuckerman and her mom Karen in 2012, Dormify offers college students and post-grads tools, resources and products to create their first home away from home. Dormify announced a $3.45 million Series A investment led by American Eagle Outfitters.

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017

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You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. I’ll point out that those retailers did, apparently, have the money to hire lawyers. Investors put $2.65

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Squaring The Circle That Is Square

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Such was the opinion of Slate in September of 2012 — and while today it may seem a bit overzealous, as Karen Webster pointed out at the time, it was clear that Square’s ambition was to move well beyond dongle and card acceptance for teeny tiny merchants. will not increase its capital expenditures or impact its march forward to profitability.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

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Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. WALMART’S GOALS.

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